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FRIDAY , DECEMBER 8 , ESSEX AND SUFFOLK HUNT BALL . annual The Town Hall at Ipswich was the scene , on Thursday evening , of a large and brilliant gathering of friends and followers of the Suffolk Hunt . One of the indirect results attendant upon Major Colvin's assumption of the Mastership , which has in other respects proved so eminently satisfactory , was А revival of the Hunt Ball under the gracious personal auspices of ' Miss Colvin . The first event of the kind was held at Colchester last year , with conspicuous success , and a return engagement for the Suffolk side of the country was the natural and pleasurable sequel . The idea has been long talked of , and was warmly taken up ; an influential list of stewards , comprising between sixty and seventy leading residents of the district , gave their social patronage and support ; and the necessary arrangements were made under the super vision of Miss Colvin , Mrs. Watson , and Mrs. C. H. Berners , of Woolverstone Park . Both the outgoing and the present Mayors of Ipswich ( Mr. R. D. Fraser and Mr. S. R. Anness ) gave a ready con sent to the use , for such a purpose , of the hand some municipal buildings at Ipswich , and valuable assistance was lent in various ways by the Town Clerk ( Mr. Will Bantoft ) . The decoration of the Hall was placed in the capable hands of Messrs . Jas . Harrison and Son , and Mr.Geo.Gilbert , The Floral Nurseries , St. Margaret's . All that can be done to relieve the cold stateliness of the interior has been done many times before by the same masters of their business , and it need hardly be said Esex and that their best efforts were put forth on this occasion . The lower vestibule was carpeted , and every corner was filled with groups of magnificent flowering and foliage plants . Art muslin and tapestry , with masses of feathery pampas grass , covered the banis ters and rails of the staircase , and on the wall at the head of the landing there was a splendid trophy of the chase , made up of masks and brushes of foxes , with horn in centre , which were reported by an inscription below to have been killed in Langleys Park . The corridor was beautifully furnished , and laid with pile carpets ; around the Council Chamber , which was of course reserved for dancing , were mirrors , banks of flowers , and further specimens from a foxhunter's memorials ; and the dais at the end of the ball was provided with settees and lounges upholstered in green and gold . The supper tables were set in the library , and in this department Mr. James Hardwick , of the Queen Street Restaurant , had also done his best , with results that must have given the utmost satisfaction . The menu for the " souper du bal " comprised a great variety of dainty dishes , the tables being set off with the traditional boar's head , game pies enclosed in pheasants ' plumage , and other " high - art " efforts in cookery , which had the prettiest possible effect amidst the glass and silver . 1893 . Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Brown , Captain G. Austin , Mr. O'Connor and Officers of the Royal Artillery , Miss Valliamy , Major and Mrs. Callinor , Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Aymé - Aymard , Mr. F. W. Dudding , Mr. Guy Bantoft , Mr. Heigham , Mr. Birch , Capt . Clare Deane , Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wells , the Misses Hill and Mrs. Wollastu Groome , Captain and Mrs. Spooner , Major and Mrs. R. Philips , Mr. Jervis , Mr. John Josselyn , jun . , Mrs. and Miss Fielding , Mr. and Mrs. Wm . Gore and party , Mr. J. Legge - Currie , Mr. C. G. Moon , Mr. B. H. Barton , Mr. P. Whitaker , Mr. Claud Paget , Captain Jones , Mr. Stammers , Capt . and Mrs. Alexander , Mr. E. M. Lafont , Lieut . Egerton , R.N. , Mr. Greathead , Major Cunliffe , Mr. O. K. Norman , Mies Starkie Bence , Miss Gurney Hoare , Mrs. Gurney Hoare , and Mr. R. Pryor , Mrs. Morse , Miss Mor Miss E. Morse , Miss R. D. Morse , and Mr. A. F. Morse , Captain Stotherd , Mr. Charles Cheston , Mr. C. F. Cheston , Mr. C. T Packard , and Miss C. Packard , and Miss Lear . Dancing commenced shortly after nine o'clock , to the strains of the Royal Artillery Band , and the programme was as follows : DANCES . 1 VALSE ............... Dorothy 2 VALSE 3 VALSE 4 POLKA 5 VALSE 6 LANCERS 7 VALBE 8 VALSE 9 POLKA 10 VALSE 11 VALSE .... 12 PAS DE QUATRE .. 13 VALSE 14 POLKA .... 15 VALSE . 16 VALSE 17 VALSE 18 POLKA 19 VALSE 20 LANCERS ...... 21 VALSE .... La Gitana Tendresse Boulanger Sweethearts Arry and ' Arriet Toreador Mariana .See me dance La Serenata Blue Danube Darkie's Dream Cloisters Who's that a - calling ? Supper Dances . Espagnolita In Old Madrid Donan Welten Drink , Puppy , Drink ! Eldorado Knights of St. Patrick ... Santiago Amour de Printemps Barn Dance 22 VALSE . 23 PAS DE QUATRE 24 VALSE 25 GALOP Braganza Post Horn Galop Many gentlemen wore the scarlet coats of hunting costumes ; the ladies were , of course , arrayed in fashionable costume , and a view of the ballroom afforded one of the most brilliant spectacles ever witnessed in the Ipswich Town Hall . The programme ( bearing on the first page a humorous hunting scene ) and the menu card were of Ipswich , heantifully nrinted by M FEBRUARY 3 , 1894. ayes ) who Clarke , of the MILITARY MEMS . By kind permission of Lieutenant - Colonel Stewart M'Kenzie , a very interesting enter tainment was given by the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers Christy Minstrels , in the RHA riding school , Newbridge Barracks , on Monday night last . The audience was large , amongst those present being - Lieutenant - Colonel Stewart M'Kenzie , and with a couple of exceptions , most of the officers of the 9th Lancers , Capt Day , A VD ; Mrs Day , Captain and Mrs Colville , Major Blacker , Mr Kennedy , Mr Tremayne , Surgeon - Major O'Connell , Major Hewitt , RH A ; Captain Euthoven , RHA ; Lieutenant Wellsley , RH A ; Lieutenant Dick , R H A ; & c . , & c . Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather a large number of the civilians of the district and town availed themselves of the opportunity of seeing what might be termed , without fear of contradic tion , the best regimental amateur performance given in Newbridge Barracks within the last ten years . Thanks to the untiring exertions of the president , Captain F F Colvin , Mr HFW Stanley and Mr W Schroder . The programme and arrangements were faultless . Punctual to time the curtain raised at 8 o'clock , manifesting the troupe in a horse - shoe circle on the stage . In the centre sat the interlocutor , Corporal Wilson , who proved himself a very efficient dramatis persona of Mr Johnston . On either side were a number of small darkies in white , who were arranged like steps of stairs , terminating the circle with the full - sized niggers , the most promi nent of whom were the corner men , viz Sergts Kemple , Walker , and Proughton , and Corporal Knight , who were attired in similar costume to that of the interlocutor . At the The guests began to arrive at nine o'clock . Scores of carriages were driven into the town about that hour , from all the country houses of the district , most of the hotels were full of visitors staying over night , and there was also a special train from Colchester , which was timed to return at half - past two o'clock in the morning . It is impossible to guarantee a correct list of the com pany , but the following was obtained with some difficulty at the entrance : The Hon . Misses Thellusson , Rendlesham Hall ; Lord Stradbroke and Lady Gwendoline Rous , Henham Hall ; a party from Woolverstone Park ; Hon . Louis Johnson and party ; Mr. J. D. and Lady Evelyn Cobbold and party , Holy Wells ; Mr. W. Cuthbert Quilter , M.P. , Mr. Arnold Quilter , and Miss Quilter , Bawdsey Manor Hon . Douglas Tollemache and party ( 9 ) , Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kerrison and Mr. Westmacott , Glevering Hall ; Sir Alfred and Lady Hughes , Miss Lucy and Miss Constance Hughes , East Bergholt ; Captain and Mr. Charles Skinner and Mies Edith Skinner , the Chantry ; Mr. and Mrs. A. Fraser , Miss Fraser , Miss Plyman , Miss Gregory , Misses Wallis ( 2 ) , Miss Cree , Capt . Paynter , Capt . Fliutoft , Mr. W. Austin , Mr. Jackson , Mr. Sedgwick , and Messrs . Hollebone ( 2 ) Mrs. Phillipps and party , Claydon ; Capt . and Mrs. W : H. Rodwell , Holbrook ; Mrs. A. M. Bernard , Mr. and the Misses Gore ; Major - General and Mrs. W. N. Fonnereau , Colonel and Miss Haines , Colonel and Mrs. Lucas and Miss Hamilton , Colonel Lynes , R.A. , Mr. R. B. Colvin , Mrs. Watson , Captain F. Colvin , Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Colvin , Miss Colvin , Miss E. Gorst , Mr. H. P. Danger , Mr. and Mrs. Hy Packard , Alexander Wells , Miss Barrington , Lieut . Leahy , Mr. and the Misses Fenn , Mr. and Mrs. Tidswell and party and Miss Dodds , Mr. Hudson , Mrs. Allanby and party , Major and Mrs. Mackenzie , Miss Wobley , Mr . and Mrs. Phillips , Col. Josselyn , Major , Mrs. and Mies Heigham , Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Waller , Bealings ; Mr. Chas . Fonnereau , the Misses Fonnereau , Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers , Mr. Ogilvie , Mr. Sydney Turner , Mrs. and Miss Martin , Pye - Philupps and party , Barham Hall ; Mr. rere sat the splendid band of the corps , under the directorship of Band - Sergeant Murdock , whose abilities were fully exemplified by the special charm with which his music invested the singing , and the various intonations of the full choruses throughout the first part . Vocal sentimental selections were sung by Sergts Walker , Kemple , Johnstone , Privates Heathcote , Ingram , and Trumpeter Marion , all of whom were loudly applauded . the comic department , Corporal Knight's " Don't forget dars a weddin ' to - night , " Sergeant Walker's " Nigger and the Bee , " Sergeant Kemple's " Climb up ye little In Mr. F. B. Henderson , Mr. and Mrs. W. T. chillun , " and Sergeant Proughton's " Molly Pretty , Mr. Will . Bentoft and Miss Hicks , Colonel Alderson , Mr. E. W. Snell , Mr. Parkinson , and I and the baby " got most enthusisastic Mr. and Mr. Marriott , Mr. and Mrs. Woodcock Wells applauding . The ballad " Twelve months and party , Captain and Mrs. Massey , Mr. G. F. ago " was admirably sung by by Mr Von Josselyn , Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cobbold and party , Mrs. Schrouder , whose voice showed much sym Henry Marton and Miss Marten and Miss Cecil Nunn . pathetic quality . After a number of amusing puns of local origin had been given the finale 44 Play on the de ole banjo " by the full troupe brought the first part to a clcse amidst one outburst of applause . FEBRUARY 3 , 1894 . During the interval tne pana aiscoursed a splendid selection of music , after which Trumpeter Power gave the Cockney song " Nipper's Lullaby . " In his attempt to copy Albert Chevalier by his get up in coster drees , and his attitudes combined , he was fairly . successful . He was obliged to come on the boards twice in order to satisfy the de mand of the audience for an encore . Corporal Wilson gave the recitation Karl the martyr , " which was well received . This brought the performance to the last item which was a laughable farce adapted from the French entitled , " A good game spoiled . " The music was taken from the musical farce " In town , " and each song was a parody touching local topics which created much merriment . The scene was a " Lovers glade . " showing a pretty landscape of mountain and river at the rere of the meeting spot where the rivals of the young and rich widow come to fight the duel . The piece was a sprightly one all round . By far the most amusing pair in it were Mr Schroder as Mrs Ivy Cleaver , the widow before mentioned , and Capt F F Colvin as her daughter , Miss Vinolia . Their high skirt dancing caused quite an uproar in the parody " Dear mama . " The part of Sergeant Bol derock Pears " Brownstown life guards " taken by Sergeant Walker , was indeed an amusing one , he being attired in an artillery busby , and an infantry tunic and trousers made out of a Dundalk hired sack . His appearance . was the signal of continuous laughter . Sergt Kemple was his rival , as Mr Dasher Sunlight . Corporal Knight was the latter's brother , Mr Soapsud Hudson . Whilst waiting to second him in the duel , he joined in the " It may , but I very much doubt it , " which got a great reception . Sergeant Proughton , as Coal Tar , the faithful servant to the widow , took well as seconds to Pears . Trumpeter Marion , who was assigned the willing part of Mrs Sunlight , appeared with a baby just in time to prevent Mr Dasher Sunlight being a bigamist after the duel , hence the title - viz , " A Good Game Spoiled . " The Lancers gave their second performance in the Curragh Gymnasium on Tuesday even ing , which was a popular success . The at tendance was large and fashionable , all the regiments in the Camp being represented , to gether with a number of the Newbridge gar rison . The programme was merely a repeti tion of Monday night , with the exception of Sergeant Kemple's singing the song " Dancer , Dancer , Mademoiselle " in the minstrels , in stead of " Climb up ye little chillun , " which was a most successful change . The troupe got an enthusiastic reception from commence ment to end , their various eccentricities creat ing quite an uproar . During the interlude the band , conducted by Sergeant Murdock , played the waltz " The Lover's Dream , " which was much admired . After the song of Trumpeter Power , and the recitation by Corporal Wilson , the Musical Farce came on , which was even better than the previous night , Captain Colvin and Mr Von Schroder again scoring in their respective parts . Amongst those present were - Major General Kerr , Lord R D Kerr , CB ; Lady A Kerr , Col Wynne , A A G , and Mrs Wynne , Lieutenant - Colonel Edge , R I ; Lieutenant Colonel Stewart M'Kenzie , 9th Lancers ; Capt Flanagan , R I ; Lieutenant Arbuthnot R I ; Lieutenants Williams and Nicholson , RI ; Quarter - Master Rigger , R I ; Captain Folke , RE ; Lieutenant Brunner , RE ; Col Hope , DAAG , and Mrs Hope , Major Campbell , RE ; Captain Aitken , A D C ; Captain Walshe , Hants Regiment ; Lord C Bentinck , 9th Lancers ; Lieutenant Standen , AS C ; Captain Wynne , R I ; Miss Liddle , & c , & c . 9th Queen's Royal Lancers . CHRISTY MINSTRELS , On Tuesday , 30th January , 1894 , AT 9 P.M. SHARP . www A Performance IN THE GYMNASIUM , CURRAGH , naman WILL BE GIVEN BY THE ABOVE BY KIND PERMISSION AND UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PRESENCE DEVORBART PRICES OF ADMISSION : Reserved Seats , 2s . 6d .; Second , Is .; Third , 6d . BONES : MAJOR - GENERAL LORD R. KERR , C.B. , Commanding the District . SERGT . PROUGHTEN . AND PATRONAGE OF 1 MUSICAL DIRECTOR , TTTTTT INTERLOCUTOR : CORPL . WILSON . TAMBOURINES : SERGT . J. H. KEMPLE . SERGT . P. S. WALKER . BAND - SERGT . MURDOCH . a duel was lately fought Alexander in Shott & John S Nott - Nott was shot & Shott in Texas by was not - In this case it is better to be Shott than nott - There was a rumour that Nott was not Shott + Shott avows that he shot hott which proves wether to the shot SHOTT shot at Nott was With Best Wishes for Not Shot or that Nott was shot notwith standing Circumstantial evidence is not It may and the Sew I be made to appear on Tread that the shot SHOT Shot shot NOTT , or as accidents with fire arms are frequent , it may be possible that the shot SHOTT Shot shot himself . When the whole affair would resolve self into its original Elements & Shott would be shot + NOTT would be not - we think howerser that the Shot SHOTT Shot shot hot SHOTT but NOTT any way it is hard to lett who was shot . Christ Christmas and the Cew from Ceait tourlle Dunlee Telegraph Drumcar , Dunleer , Ireland . |
